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Charles Ambrose Storey and the Razmnama Manuscript
This Saturday (21st August) marks the 133rd anniversary of the birth of the British Orientalist and former Fellow of the Society, Charles Ambrose Storey (1888-1968). Storey studied Classics and Oriental languages at…
19 August 2021 -
Collections Open Evening
Do you know how to repair an Indian painting? Or mend a Persian manuscript? Do you know the story of Nana Fadnavis and the Maratha Peshwa, Madhu Rao Narayan, or the how…
25 May 2017 -
General John Briggs (1785–1875)
Today, 27th April, marks the death of General John Briggs in 1875, aged 89. Briggs entered the Madras Army in 1801 and served in the Second Mahratta War. In 1810 he accompanied…
27 April 2017 -
You Can Take the Archivist Out of the Archive…
…but you can’t take the Archive out of the Archivist to misquote a well-known phrase. I was on holiday in Ireland a couple of weeks ago, enjoying the magnificent Galway coastline. It…
6 October 2016 -
National Poetry Day – Illuminated Poetry Manuscripts
Today, October 8th, is National Poetry Day in the UK. The theme for this year’s events is Light in recognition of 2015 being the UN International Year of Light (and Light-based Technologies).…
8 October 2015 -
Dr Sussan Babaie – “A nān-o halvā (Bread and Sweets) in the V&A: thoughts on the aesthetics of ‘taste’”
The last Royal Asiatic Society Lecture of 2014 saw Dr Sussan Babaie deliver an address on A nān-o halvā (Bread and Sweets) in the V&A: thoughts on the aesthetics of ‘taste’. Dr…
12 December 2014